*Rambles to self*
Thinking that next week I might have something to start doing the old 'posting creative shite stuff on a Sunday' thing again. Going to pop down to the local village art club on Friday morning and suss it out. I suspect it might be overladen with prim busybodies (they have already stalked me on Facebook because I made enquiries about times etc. which is concerning *grin*) but what the heck, I'll give it a wee look. Can't hurt.
On random fandom stuff and the vagaries of my tastes: Was thinking about my fandom journey. First fandom ever was the gen side of The Professionals and I suspect it will always be my comfort blanket. A truly supportive community for a newbie starting out (and that would be more than fifteen years ago now, eek!) First slash I read was X Files (Mulder/Krycek) and, wow, that was an eye opening experience at the time. I wrote comedy stuff for Pros, only ever tried one X-Files (which for completeness is listed in my stories) which really only proved that first person POV is NOT my forte, and then found the Potter fandom. Some might think Potter is my obsession because it's mostly what I've written, but honestly, like most things in my life, I liked it because I didn't have to focus on one thing...and it was a big fandom you could get lost in. People read stuff, commented. Was encouraging. Written Supernatural but struggled with maintaining an accurate US feel. Found Robin Hood and LOVED that...gutted when that show ended because there was magic in that there fandom. Loved Primeval for the same reason, but by that point I think I had been writing Potter fic for too long and struggled to find my footing. By the time I tried to write fic for Primeval I was appalling at the characterisations. Think that was the point I trundled away from writing fanfic of any description, dabbled in drawing fanart a bit, and then gave up on that, too, because there I felt like a COMPLETE fraud. I was a writer, and to be known as an artist was an almost amusing contradiction to me. Still don't see myself as an artist - a crafter, yes, artist, no. Writer, once upon a time.
So, what to do now? The drabbles have got me thinking about longer fic, longer fic means picking a fandom and writing in it. Only Professionals and Primeval have lovely active fandoms, but it seems wrong writing purely because the fandom is active. Also, with Primeval, there is a dark cloud of doubt that hovers over my abilities to write in that fandom. I come across like a gangling newbie surrounded by a host of superbly talented, experienced writers. At least in the Potter fandom I wasn't the worst writer around (I could spell, at least lol). So, do I just meander back into the old comfort blanket of Pros? I hear those characters in my head without having to worry that I'm going to screw up the characterisation. Playing it safe, sunshine.
I'm sitting here writing this introspective ramble about writing while there's on cat on my knee and another draped awkwardly (and uncomfortably, for me at least) around my shoulders. I probably look like Quasimodo with a cat shawl hunched over my laptop. Funny how I never noticed them actually clambering on me. There's also the sound of a cat/dog scuffle in the hallway that's probably going to escalate into something that causes damage. Sigh. Why do I have pets? Anyhoo, ramble over. Did I decide anything with this ramble? Nope. Apologies if you took the time to read it. Excuse me while I go off to shout at a dog.
On random fandom stuff and the vagaries of my tastes: Was thinking about my fandom journey. First fandom ever was the gen side of The Professionals and I suspect it will always be my comfort blanket. A truly supportive community for a newbie starting out (and that would be more than fifteen years ago now, eek!) First slash I read was X Files (Mulder/Krycek) and, wow, that was an eye opening experience at the time. I wrote comedy stuff for Pros, only ever tried one X-Files (which for completeness is listed in my stories) which really only proved that first person POV is NOT my forte, and then found the Potter fandom. Some might think Potter is my obsession because it's mostly what I've written, but honestly, like most things in my life, I liked it because I didn't have to focus on one thing...and it was a big fandom you could get lost in. People read stuff, commented. Was encouraging. Written Supernatural but struggled with maintaining an accurate US feel. Found Robin Hood and LOVED that...gutted when that show ended because there was magic in that there fandom. Loved Primeval for the same reason, but by that point I think I had been writing Potter fic for too long and struggled to find my footing. By the time I tried to write fic for Primeval I was appalling at the characterisations. Think that was the point I trundled away from writing fanfic of any description, dabbled in drawing fanart a bit, and then gave up on that, too, because there I felt like a COMPLETE fraud. I was a writer, and to be known as an artist was an almost amusing contradiction to me. Still don't see myself as an artist - a crafter, yes, artist, no. Writer, once upon a time.
So, what to do now? The drabbles have got me thinking about longer fic, longer fic means picking a fandom and writing in it. Only Professionals and Primeval have lovely active fandoms, but it seems wrong writing purely because the fandom is active. Also, with Primeval, there is a dark cloud of doubt that hovers over my abilities to write in that fandom. I come across like a gangling newbie surrounded by a host of superbly talented, experienced writers. At least in the Potter fandom I wasn't the worst writer around (I could spell, at least lol). So, do I just meander back into the old comfort blanket of Pros? I hear those characters in my head without having to worry that I'm going to screw up the characterisation. Playing it safe, sunshine.
I'm sitting here writing this introspective ramble about writing while there's on cat on my knee and another draped awkwardly (and uncomfortably, for me at least) around my shoulders. I probably look like Quasimodo with a cat shawl hunched over my laptop. Funny how I never noticed them actually clambering on me. There's also the sound of a cat/dog scuffle in the hallway that's probably going to escalate into something that causes damage. Sigh. Why do I have pets? Anyhoo, ramble over. Did I decide anything with this ramble? Nope. Apologies if you took the time to read it. Excuse me while I go off to shout at a dog.